Language hubs showed ‘signs of positive impacts’ before being cut DfE plans to replace hubs scheme with online platform and 14 strategic learning networks, with £2.2m less funding
Ex-DfE civil servant takes up role at SEND contract firm Consultancy held contract for ‘delivering better value’ SEND programme which aimed to cut new EHCPs
Votes at 16: Are schools prepared for politics in the classroom? Ministers hope the move will engage young people in democracy, but schools face an uphill battle to prepare them
Pupils behind more than half of ‘insider’ school cyber attacks Schools should take steps to ‘remove temptation from students’, Information Commissioner’s Office says
Fewer teachers now support ditching headline Ofsted grades Proportion of teachers saying move to drop single-word grades was ‘positive’ plunges amid criticism over new inspection plan
Top trust boss backs ‘absence awareness courses’ for parents Courses on impact of persistent absence could help reinforce ‘parent agency’ and reportedly being considered by government
Be clearer about schools’ role as wider services ‘crumble’, say heads ‘Roadmap’ from ASCL seeks to set out what schools should – and should not – have to do
Government names first 21 new ‘behaviour and attendance hubs’ And Tom Bennett and Jayne Lowe revealed as ambassadors for the new scheme
Costs putting poorer pupils off some GCSE subjects Pupils ‘cut off from opportunities just as the foundations of their futures are being laid’, warns charity